It should beoff noted that in the grand scheme of things this is not that groundbreaking it has passed the Senate Finance Committee before the main challenge is coming up next in the blah blah blah....just kidding I have noclue what I am talking about but the top comment is always something like that so it was just kind of a guess

Haha ill give you an upvote. I didn't want to say it but you are partially right. This has never been the major problem. The big problem is that the chairman never brings the bill to a vote on the floor. That's the stage it is at now. If he allows it to be brought to a vote it will pass. Fingers crossed I think this is the year.

Actually it's a bit more complicated than that. It was voted on and passed through the Senate last year as it likely will this year. The stalling point is in the state assembly where it hadn't been allowed to come to a vote. It has to be voted on and pass both houses.

Thanks for the clarification I wasn't fully educated on the issue. This just shows how overly complicated our legislative system is. It's ridiculous how one man can halt the progress of a bill after it has passed through all of these committees.

Surprisingly (to me at least), the SD houses actually did pass regulation of combat sports into law back in 2009. The reason a sanctioned event has still yet to happen in SD is neither Gov. Duugaurd nor his predecessor created the commission and the law expired last year: a Lay & Pray on an executive level so to speak.